Aleksey Kokorin, director of the climate program of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), said that tornadoes and tornadoes will appear more often in Russia. About this expert informed in an interview with Ura.ru.
Kokorin recalled that the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP RAS) points out in scientific articles and speeches that tornadoes and tornadoes in Russia are becoming more frequent due to the climate. He explained that a tornado is a more powerful process.
“Models of what will happen with an increase in the greenhouse effect and, accordingly, global warming, indicate that such phenomena as thunderstorms, tornadoes, and sudden precipitation will become more frequent. If there are tornadoes, then this is mainly a steppe zone, ”the climatologist warned the Russians.
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Tornadoes and tornadoes usually appear in the summer, but they have also been recorded in the northern regions of Russia, for example, in the Vologda Oblast. More often this phenomenon is observed in the Voronezh and Penza regions. “When there is a doubling of the phenomenon, it is more noticeable in the south, both in number and in strength,” Kokorin noted.
Nikolai Tereshonok, head of the meteorology and climate department of the Central Administration for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (UGMS), added that tornadoes are not a new phenomenon for Russia. He explained that they form under certain meteorological and geographical conditions.
“Due to the change in air temperature, the warming of the ocean, tornadoes and tornadoes are becoming more frequent. This year in the USA were very powerful. And we will also have, I think, more and more often, since the climate situation on planet earth is changing, ”concluded the specialist.
Earlier, Kokorin warned of nervous weather in 2022. He urged Russians to prepare for the same as in 2021, the number of temperature records and the strange distribution of precipitation.
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